Are you following up on a complaint? Visit our website and download a complaint form.You must fill out the Application for a Pro Se Summons form and submit it to the clerk in the county where you are suing, along with payment of the court fee. The Civil Court Help Centers provide free walk-in services to litigants without a lawyer and have cases pending in the Civil Court of the City of New York. New York Civil Rights Law CVR NY CIV RTS Section 50. Read the code on FindLaw. New York Civil Rights Law CVR NY CIV RTS Section 51. New York State Library: (518) 474-5355. Service of pleadings and demand for complaint. (a) Service of pleadings.